05 June 2012

Interesting Legal Question of the Day

(3) THE BEER TO BE SOLD AND DELIVERED UNDER PARAGRAPH 3 (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE MANUFACTURED WITH AN INGREDIENT FROM AN A MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT, INCLUDING HOPS, GRAIN, AND FRUIT, PRODUCED ON THE LICENSED FARM.

I wonder if water from a farm well would count.... or flowers.... or....

Note that the law doesn't specify how much must be present. One hop cone and/or one grain of malt per fifty-barrel batch might suffice. But at least the 15,000-barrel annual limit will keep one of the corporate brewers from getting ideas....